Improved washing-machine



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BRUNSON B. BEERS AND NATHAN COUCH, OF NEW FAIRFIELD,

CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No.' 95,415,4datezl October 5, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Figure l is an elevation ofa washing-machine, with p our improvements;

Figure 2 is a plan or'top View; and

Figure 3 shows va roller fluted diierentfrom the others.

In these drawingsl A is a bar or plank of-wood, to be placed across the wash-tub and fastened in some convenient manner.

In or to the plank A we fasten the standards B B,

and pelforate them for the journals of the large roller O to turn and traverse in, and to one of these journals we apply a crank, D, to turn it, and to the other we apply a swash-plate or side cam, E, to work between -the rollers F F, and traverse the roller O.

These rollers F F turn on pivots in. the bar A, to allow the cam E to work with very little friction.

The upper portions of the standards B B are made sinall enough to pass through the yokes G G, which are made in the form tshown, and perforated for, the journals ofthe rollers H and I to turn in; and the spiral springs J J are applied around the standards B, which have screw-nuts, K K, on their upper ends, to act against the springs J, and make the springs which push the yokes G down, press the rollers H and I vdown against the roller O, or against the clothes placed between the roller O and the rollers H and I, so that by turning the roller (l, the clothes will be both rubbed and squeezed at the same time, and washed most beautifully, and as near like the knuckles of a washingwoman as they can be well arranged to do.

The roller H is grooved two ways, spirally, as shown in the drawing, to form pyramidal projections or protuberauces, to act outhe clothes and wash them, and the rollers() and I may be grooved in the same way, or i-he roller C may begrooved parallel with its axis iu one direction, and at a right angle in the other direction, so as to form either square or voblong pyramids, as shown in the drawing, and the roller I may be grooved roundwaysor at a right angle to its axis, so as to form ribs running around the roller, as shown in the drawing, fig. 2.

AIl' preferred, for any cause, the rolls, one or more,

may be grooved parallel with the axis in 4one direction and spirally in the other, or grooved at right angles to the'axis in one direction and spirally in the other,

so as to form comb or lozenge-shaped pyramids on the Vsurface ofthe roller.

If the rollers H and I are grooved rouudways only, or at right angles to its axis, the grooves in one roller should bevmade to come opposite to the ribs ou the other roller, so as to press different portions of the clothes.

We vcontemplate that weights maybe substituted i.

for springs in our machine, aud that one long traversing-roller might serve for several pairs of short rollers in separate frames.

To use our machine, we immerse the clothesin a tubof water, and fasten the machine to the tub, and

run the clothes through between the rollers H and Iv and the roller C, by turning the roller C, and continuing the process as long as magy be necessary t0 wash them clean.

We claim the combination andarrangeznent of the standards B B, rollers C, H, and I, yokes G G, side and camV E, workiugbetween the rollers F F, all substantially as described for thc purpose set forth.

BRUNSON' B. BEERS. NATHAN OOUCH.

Witnesses Guo. W. WHEELER, Lewis L. HOPKINS. 

